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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having been a public and private mom, it seems to me that at both, there are a few stay at home moms whose worlds revolve achieving a level of social status at the school and are toxic.  Their kids school is like them being at school all over again - finding BFs, forming cliques, parties, FB selfies, excluding others or just being overt bullies, all of it.  It's like this fraction of women never evolved emotionally past 22.  School continues to be their life and area of influence.  At 35, 45, . .   [/quote]

It’s called status and power. You’re describing life, in general. Everyone sorts themselves. The social rungs have to be maintained. Life isn’t fair. There are aggressive elbowy people, there are timid people. There are rich and connected, there are middle class nobodies, there are middle class who will do anything to claw their way up the ladder. Half the threads on DCUM are explicitly and implicitly about strivers trying to worm their way up the social ladder. Well sweetie, it’s a dog eat dog world. A striver’s attempt up the ladder is seen as a threat. Just as ruthlessly as you seek entry into a higher rung (at the expense of someone already there: zero sum), why be surprised the current status quo doesn’t ruthlessly protect their standing and orbit from such interlopers? They don’t like you and they are under no obligation to like you or welcome you.[/quote]

And again? A new thin “plot” for YA book II? [/quote]

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